An exploration into a new kind of American revolution - a personal one. The Struggle for Identity is the growing fission between who we are, and who we believe ourselves to be. A piece of a much larger project, this blog will present for your enjoyment a thought process that invites you on a journey which you have never before considered.
19 Apr 2020 3 minute read 0 comments The BlackWolf
As I said before, most people just “do” parenting. So, the individual who was raised without a father, and who did not seek out a man to help him establish a strong set of principles to guide him, now proceeds into a relationship with a child of his...
12 Apr 2020 3 minute read 0 comments The BlackWolf
Consider this. What happens when you become emotional? You either want to be left alone and/or protected, or you hope someone gives you an excuse to unload on them, right? Well, that makes sense to a certain degree. But now, imagine your emotions are...
5 Apr 2020 4 minute read 4 comments The BlackWolf
Why do we hold people at bay? Why is it that no matter the type of relationship we have with an individual, they never know who we are? Even in intimate relationships we hide. Our struggle with who we are keeps us from allowing even those closest to...
29 Mar 2020 2 minute read 11 comments The BlackWolf
We are wrapped, clothed in fear. We are consumed by it. Our fear tells us that life itself is a predator. So, we do what fear does – we wear masks, and the very ones that fear wears. When fear puts on the mask of aggression, we become violent to hide...
22 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments The BlackWolf
Whenever one is forced to alter his outward behavior for the benefit of others, one finds himself submitted to the persona as though it suddenly became his master; and as a demonstration of this relationship between the persona and the person, our pe...
15 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments The BlackWolf
What usually happens when someone is given negative titles? Well, there are usually two differing directions between which an individual will find himself deciding. On one hand he might embrace it, on the other he might protest it; either way he ends...
9 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments The BlackWolf
These labels I don't really remember very well, not because I have a low self-image, but because of the context of trying to stroke my ego rather than pay me a compliment, so they are significantly less important to me. What happens if I embrace the...
2 Mar 2020 1 minute read 3 comments The BlackWolf
I want to revisit something that I said in the previous post. I found myself making reference to the Wizard of Oz and how his life has deteriorated due to the facade that he had to maintain for the Land of Oz. As I read over it, something jumped out...
26 Feb 2020 3 minute read 2 comments The BlackWolf
What happens when I live a life of perception, not one of completion; of manipulation, not communication? What happens when I live the persona, and not my life? I struggle to create, maintain, and even retain after attack a mere facade that looks not...
15 Feb 2020 5 minute read 0 comments The BlackWolf
There is some utility to wearing a mask. For one thing, no one knows where they might be able to strike you for maximum effectiveness. Another useful reason for the mask could also be that the world would never see your scars. Why wouldn't you want t...
